European Campaign for Waste Reduction

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WHAT IS THE  ACR+ EUROPEAN CAMPAIGN FOR  WASTE  REDUCTION ?                                 

ACR+’s challenge for the next few years is a European prevention campaign aiming to bring about commitments in favour of waste prevention both at local and the European scale, via not only :

  • the in-depth gathering of Local and Regional authorities’ experiences and information (Line of action n°1),
  • but also the setting up of clusters of experts to elaborate indicators (Line of action n°2),
  • the creation of partnerships among public authorities to implement waste prevention on the ground (Line of action n°3),
  • and the creation of a European week for waste prevention (Line of action n°4).
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This Europe-wide Campaign for waste reduction is based on the ambitious but well-founded target of reducing our municipal waste by 100 kg per inhabitant and per year. This objective is theoretically achievable by working on the four main municipal waste streams and developing a range of convincing waste prevention practices based on experience.

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Actions for the 4 flows           Amount (kg)      Potential waste         Potential reduction 
                                                                                    reduction                             CO2 
                                                                                   (kg/inhab./year)*          (kg/inhab/year)**

Organic waste :                                   220                         40                         57
Promote composting at source 
(at home, local, in green spaces..)  180                         30                         11
Fight against food waste                     30                           8                          27
Promote reusable nappies                 10                           2                          19

Paper waste:                                       100                         15                         16
Fight against unwanted flyers  
or newspapers                                      20                           5                            5
Encourage dematerialisation
(schools and offices)                           80                          10                         11

Packaging :                                           150                        25                         30
Choose products whose
packaging can be returned                 35                         12                           7
Promote tap water                                  6                           2                            4
Develop reusable bags                         2                           1                            2
Fight against over-packaging            107                        10                         17

Bulky or other waste :                        130                        20                         57
Promote reuse of clothes                     8                           4                           37
Promote reuse of furniture,
WEEE, toys, other bulky waste         110                        13                        >20
Fight against excess buying               12                          3                           NI
     
TOTALS                                                 600                      100                      > 160


* Sources : Internal working groups 2006– ACR+
** GHG Balance of Prevention Actions, RDC for IBGE-Bruxelles Environnement, January 2007


WHY JOIN US ?

The “-100 kg European Campaign for Waste Reduction” is based on the following assumptions:

•  LRA’s are key actors for Waste reduction
•  LRA’s are main beneficiary of Waste reduction
•  Waste reduction is an essential component of Sustainable Development
•  Waste reduction is possible
•  Waste reduction can be significant
•  Waste reduction can be cost-efficient

But it is certainly not a question of launching a mathematical campaign between cities and regions. Simply, all the campaign’s participants shall :

-  Affirm that they share the conviction that a series of preventative actions, carried out   conscientiously on a theoretical mass of 600 kg per inhabitant per year, have a theoretical reduction of quantities of waste of around 100 kg per inhabitant and per year.
-  Commit themselves to a practical demonstration of this conviction and put into place a series of actions from those suggested by ACR+ as having the potential to bring about waste reduction.

The towns and regions who sign the campaign Charter will benefit from it in several ways :
-  Visibility at European level
-  The possibility of developing prevention actions together with other towns or regions, and of sharing information, competencies, infrastructure and budgets
- Technical support for the prevention actions, especially through access to information and exchanging experiences

And also :
-  A free sample of ACR+ publication : “Voluntary actions supported by local authorities to encourage waste prevention in Europe”
-  Free access (with a small financial contribution) to the other publications and materials  developed by ACR+ in the field fo prevention
- The possibility of presenting their actions in the field of prevention on ACR+ website, in the section “European Campaign for waste prevention”
- A newsletter of periodical information related to the campaign’s latest developments.

Towns and regions members of ACR+ will in addition benefit from a range of other advantages (Download our introductory brochure here).


HOW TO JOIN US ?

By signing the Participation Charter and sending it back to us.


         - Participation Charter :  EN - FR - ES
         
         - List of Patrons

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SUPPORT INFORMATION

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CLUSTERS OF EXPERTS 

FOR ANY FURTHER INFORMATION
Gabriela Collado - mgc@acrplus.org - Tel +32 2 234 65 05
Olivier De Clercq - odc@acrplus.org - Tel +32 2 234 65 02